Olympics related things I learned over the weekend

...because everyone loves bullet posts.

Germany will be joining Greece and Croatia in the Olympics after triumphing over Puerto Rico, marking the first time Dirk Nowitzki has participated in the event.

China lost to Angola in the Stankovic Cup. Epic fail.

The Olympics Channel has already started giving 24 hour coverage of the event, right now giving background information on every athlete imaginable.

Natalie Coughlin's last name is pronounced "Cog-lin". What the.

At the risk of sounding pedophilic, World Champion gymnast, Shawn Johnson, is somewhat cute, as long as you don't judge by competition photos. +1 for being a gymnast, -1 (or +8 depending on your preferences) for being 4'8".

Misty May-Treanor is the best dancer on the beach volleyball circuit. Here's a sample of her performances. Um, yeah.

You'd have to be a pretty weird person to be considered world-class in the Modern Pentathlon (events: shooting, running, fencing, equestrian show jumping, swimming). Pretty strange collection of skills (unless you are really rich and just happen to be good at running and swimming).